Fortune v. Incorporated Town of Wilburton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory. •
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
Fortune-was found guilty in the mayor’s court of Wilburton, Ind. T., of the violation of a town ordinance, and ..sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs. His appeal to the United 'States Court for the Central District of Indian Territory was dismissed .■ for the reason that the action was a civil one, and he had not perfected the appeal by filing an affidavit in the court of first instance to the effect that it was not taken for the purpose of delay, but that justice might be done him. The judgment of dismissal was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals in the…
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